And back in 2008, Ken Rosenthal suggested the Red Sox were racist because they had just one African-American player. But now that they have two African American players — Bill Hall and Mike Cameron — they’re apparently not racist anymore.

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Wrigley’s another ballpark where the history and the charm are
wearing thin. Yes, there are some very good seats there, but
they’re vastly outnumbered by some really awful ones. The White
Sox stadium, whatever its corporate name is these days, is a much
nicer place to watch a game.

Although I’m an Illinois native, I’ve never been to Wrigley Field. That’s probably because I grew up a Cardinals fan and I disliked the Cubs then as much as I dislike the Yankees now. Well, maybe not that much, but the Cubs were the team I loved to hate in my youth. But even though I’ve never been to Wrigley, I vote to blow it up and build something new. As my colleague Jim McGrath said, history and charm are time sensitive. Like chewing gum.